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"The shofar is mentioned frequently in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud and rabbinic literature. The blast of a shofar emanating from the thick cloud on Mount Sinai made the Israelites tremble in awe (Exodus 19, 20). The shofar was used in to announce…"

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The issue is that old Hebrew writings have mystical aspescts. But there are differing types of mysticism. - alter mysticism, wheel mysticism, early Talmudic, Lurianic, The Baal Shem Tove and his several disciples.
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"Water Willow Dance – Hoshana Rabba
Its Christological Significance
Arthur L. Finkle
In reading the tractate Succah, both Palestinian and Babylonian, we come across some fascinating social history regarding the role of the shofar…"

Importance of the Water Libation Ceremony Arthur L. Finkle Water – an Ecological ImperativeWater a lifeline to all civilizations. Ancient cultures water paid obeisance t its water gods. Indeed, water has not only played an essential ecological role, but it has entered the culture’s religion, mythology, and art. Water in many religions cleanses the soul through holy water. (Vestal Virgins, Baptism and Cleansing of the Priests in the Holy Temple).The water cycle is a major driving force on our…See More

"The Shofar on Shavuot
Arthur L. Finkle
That the shofar played a role in the pilgrimage festival of Shavuot is not gainsaid in Arakhin 2:3, which recites that there were never less than 21 blasts in the Temple every day. Deuteronomy 16…"

"In fact Kabbalah in Pharisaic Judaism goes back to Yochanan ben Zakkai and his colleague Rabbi Nehunia ben HaKana (traditional author of the Bahir). Nehunia is sad to have learned from Menachem the Essene."

"Jewish mysticism, while gaining full strength in the 17th century, actually developed in Talmudic times with Jonathn ben Yohai. Thereafter, in the 13th centtury Moses deLeon published a mystical text.
In 1572, Isaac Luria published his famous…"

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Water a lifeline to all civilizations. Ancient cultures water paid obeisance t its water gods. Indeed, water has not only played an essential ecological role, but it has entered the culture’s religion, mythology, and art. Water in many religions cleanses the…

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In fact Kabbalah in Pharisaic Judaism goes back to Yochanan ben Zakkai and his colleague Rabbi Nehunia ben HaKana (traditional author of the Bahir). Nehunia is sad to have learned from Menachem the Essene.